Interview 26791 – Caption Index: 397
So for me, putting meat on the bones is like, if you said Larry, how does this meet the mission?… Read More
So for me, putting meat on the bones is like, if you said Larry, how does this meet the mission?… Read More
I should be able to tell you without faltering one bit. And if it doesn’t, then it doesn’t, you know, and we can’t have too many, we’re not meeting our missions issues without us really having some problems. That goes for any zoo. I think the shorter the mission, the… Read More
So sometimes it’s that hard look and this is where your leadership team needs to come in and really not be afraid to voice their opinion in a meeting about whether this item or our mission is being met by whatever challenges we have. And sometimes it’s interesting where the… Read More
Zip line I think was a challenge that we had. That’s like, wow, sure we do zip line, other zoos do zip lines. But then we started looking at all the issues around zip lines and while it didn’t attack the mission, it certainly compromised us a little bit on… Read More
And gotta love ’em if they wanna do it, it’s just not us, okay?… Read More
Let’s just say we wanna do another rollercoaster of some kind ’cause we just can’t live without it, right?… Read More
What are we gonna do to balance that out?… Read More
And all the finances look wonderful, and we got the space, and why wouldn’t we?… Read More
Is that really matching our mission?… Read More
It may not be. Read More
So how do we balance that out?… Read More
You know, we put another roller coaster in. Read More
Sometimes you’ve got to really sit back and say, okay, how does this fit with our mission?… Read More
You kind of talked about the support of local-global conservation activities, telling stories to educate your guests, inspire guests to take action, can you put a little meat on the bone?… Read More
Sure. Yeah. I think the mission can’t be just lip service. It’s got to be something you can show that you’re doing and not in a, I mean, in a big way. You gotta live, eat, and breathe this thing. Read More
Yes, that would be wonderful. But for me, more importantly, are they practicing it, and they’ve got to be practicing it or it’s just white noise in my book. You know, so you say you want to inspire people to conserve wildlife through X, Y, Z, you gotta deliver that… Read More
Now, do you want every employee to understand your mission statement and be able to recite it?… Read More
Can you speak to the mission of a zoo?… Read More
Still good. And thank God we’ve only had to practice it one time in my time there. Read More
So all of that has been well-practiced and well-documented now to the point where each year it’s just, okay, is this still accurate?… Read More